1 Kings 20
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1 Kings 20:35-40

35Now a man from 1the sons of the prophets said to 2another 3by the word of the Lord, “Please strike me.” But the man refused to strike him.

36Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you leave me, 4a lion will 5kill you.” And as soon as he left him a lion found him and 6killed him.

37Then he found another man and said, “Please strike me.” And the man struck him, 7injuring him.

38So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the road, and 8disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

39And as the king passed by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he goes missing, 9then your life shall be forfeited in place of his life, or else you shall pay a 10talent of silver.’

40Now while your servant was busy here and there, he disappeared.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself determined it.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 20:35 2 Kin 2:3-7 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 20:35 Lit his neighbor ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 20:35 1 Kin 13:17, 18 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 20:36 1 Kin 13:24 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 20:36 Lit strike ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 20:36 Lit struck ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 20:37 Lit striking and injuring ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 20:38 1 Kin 14:2 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 20:39 2 Kin 10:24 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 20:39 About 75 lb. or 34 kg ↩

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